Holder for stationery.



. E. W. GIBSON.

HOLDER FOB. STATIONERY.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1914.

1,125,509. Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

'THE NORRIS PETERB 30., PHOTIVLITHO. WASHINGTON, D C

EDWARD W. GIBSON, OF WASHINGTONVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOLDER FOR, STATIONERY.

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Application filed May 21, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD W. GIBSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVashingtonville, in the county of Montour and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Stationery; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to holders for stationery, has for its object a device capable of holding envelops, cards, pens, pencils, etc, to be conveniently placed in position and removed as required.

The invention consists in certain improvements in construction, which will be fully disclosed in the following specification and claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification :Figure 1 is a plan View of my improved holder. Fig. 2 is an end view, and F 1g. 3 1s a side view.

In all of these views part of the clips or holding members are omitted to avoid confusion of lines.

Reference being had to the drawings and the designating characters thereon, the numeral 1 indicates the base, which is preferably made of strips of wood.

The clips or holders are made of continuous pieces of Wire and each clip comprises two approximately vertical members 2, each bent inward at their outer ends 3, then bent downward on one side of the vertical members 2, then bent at right angles at 4: to the bend 3, forming loops 5, 5, to hold pen holders, pencils or the like, then bent upward forming members 6, curved at 7, and then bent at right angles to the bends 3, forming a member 8 curved upward, as shown for securing envelope, cards, etc., between it and the vertical members 2.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915. Serial No. 840,008.

The envelops or cards are indicated by numerals 9, 10, and the pen holder and pencils by numerals 11, 12, respectively.

The clips are preferably arranged in groups as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the resiliency of the material of which they are constructed securely clamps or holds the articles. The pen-holders or pencils are held in the loops 5, and are pressed against one side of the vertical member, as shown in Fig. 3.

The device forms a ready serviceable means for holding a variety of articles of stationery and may be hung on a wall or the like by the eyes 13, 13.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is:

A holder consisting of a single piece of wire bent to provide three substantially U- shaped portions, the oppositely disposed U- shaped portions being relatively narrower than the centrally disposed U-shaped portion, the inner legs of the oppositely disposed U-shaped portions being rearwardly and downwardly inclined and connecting with their respective legs of the centrally disposed U-shaped portion in a manner to provide semi-circular spaces adapted to re tain articles, such as, pencils or the like, the forward end of the centrally disposed U-shaped portion terminating in a plane above that of the oppositely disposed outer leg portions of the oppositely disposed U shaped portions, the outer legs of the oppositely disposed U-shaped portions projecting rearwardly to provide suitable securing end portions whereby to support the holder in a horizontal plane.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD W. GIBSON.

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